Sylvia Plath’s argent canon of work continues to provoke lively debate among critics. Although many commentators consider Plath to belong to an inner circle of significant female poets, her work seems destined to have to ...

The popular notion of the witch is one that, as Diane Purkiss suggests, is traditionally perceived to be inspired by the ‘weird sisters’ of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The vision of an old hag, with her warts, crooked ...